Today, I would like to discuss a project that I care very deeply about: the musl libc. One of the most controversial and long-standing debates in the musl community is that musl does not define a preprocessor macro. What’s in a macro? Simply put, preprocessor macros allow C code to build parts of itself conditionally. … Continue reading The musl preprocessor debate
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Daily-driving a Mac, one year later
It has been about a year since I published Really leaving the Linux desktop behind. This marks the first year I’ve used Mac OS as my primary computing environment since 2014. Now, I want to summarise my thoughts and feelings on using the Apple ecosystem as my primary platform – good and bad. The Amazing … Continue reading Daily-driving a Mac, one year later
Really leaving the Linux desktop behind
I'm excited to start a new chapter of my life tomorrow. I will be starting a new job working at an excellent company with excellent benefits and a comfortable wage. It also has nothing to do with Linux distributions. I have asked, and been granted, clearance to work on open source software during my off … Continue reading Really leaving the Linux desktop behind
The Retro Lab: Diggings around the fox den
I was cleaning out a desk and its cubbies in preparation for setting up the Retro Lab and I found some pretty interesting discs. I'll be taking better photos, or possibly even making hi-res scans with the SCSI ScanJet, later. But I couldn't keep these to myself. A CD-R of pre-musl Alpine Linux, burned for … Continue reading The Retro Lab: Diggings around the fox den
The Cat Fox Life 